Public Health Dentistry providers in the U.S.
1,071 NPPES records list public health dentistry as their primary taxonomy, about 0.3 per 100,000 residents; Alaska and North Dakota have the most per resident. 375 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 1223D0001X means
1223D0001X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Dentist, Dental Public Health, in the grouping Dental Providers. 1,071 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
The science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through organized community efforts. It is that form of dental practice that serves the community as a patient rather than the individual. It is concerned with the dental health education of the public, with applied dental research, and with the administration of group dental care programs as well as the prevention and control of dental diseases on a community basis.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 1223D0001X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Boston has the most, 14
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 1223D0001X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 8 | 0.2 |
| Alaska | 15 | 2.0 |
| Arizona | 28 | 0.4 |
| Arkansas | 6 | 0.2 |
| California | 102 | 0.3 |
| Colorado | 23 | 0.4 |
| Connecticut | 11 | 0.3 |
| Delaware | 2 | 0.2 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | 0.9 |
| Florida | 89 | 0.4 |
| Georgia | 42 | 0.4 |
| Hawaii | 8 | 0.6 |
| Idaho | 2 | 0.1 |
| Illinois | 36 | 0.3 |
| Indiana | 11 | 0.2 |
| Iowa | 10 | 0.3 |
| Kansas | 10 | 0.3 |
| Kentucky | 12 | 0.3 |
| Louisiana | 10 | 0.2 |
| Maine | 6 | 0.4 |
| Maryland | 18 | 0.3 |
| Massachusetts | 58 | 0.8 |
| Michigan | 32 | 0.3 |
| Minnesota | 11 | 0.2 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 0.1 |
| Missouri | 34 | 0.5 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 9 | 0.8 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 0.3 |
| Nevada | 5 | 0.2 |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 0.1 |
| New Jersey | 20 | 0.2 |
| New Mexico | 15 | 0.7 |
| New York | 26 | 0.1 |
| North Carolina | 61 | 0.6 |
| North Dakota | 7 | 0.9 |
| Ohio | 27 | 0.2 |
| Oklahoma | 18 | 0.4 |
| Oregon | 23 | 0.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | 0.2 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 0.3 |
| South Carolina | 17 | 0.3 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 0.3 |
| Tennessee | 34 | 0.5 |
| Texas | 73 | 0.2 |
| Utah | 11 | 0.3 |
| Vermont | 1 | 0.2 |
| Virginia | 43 | 0.5 |
| Washington | 24 | 0.3 |
| West Virginia | 4 | 0.2 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | 0.2 |
| Wyoming | 4 | 0.7 |
In federal data
- NUCC code1223D0001X · Dentist
- Size rank261st of 688 specialties by records (0.01% of all)
- In its family9th of 14 Dentist codes, 0.4% of the family
- Part D prescribers375 (35% of records)
- Part D claims72 a year per prescriber, on average (381st of 496)
- Industry payments195 physicians paid $38K in 2024, $197 each on average
- Concentration9 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of public health dentistry records
- Damir Besirevic, DMDAnchorage, AK1861326373
- Dillon Covey, DDSAnchorage, AK1770105579
- Amanda Shavings, PDHA 1Bethel, AK1720356520
- Mary Hanson, DMDBethel, AK1821778010
- Evan Uyeda, DMDBethel, AK1083395909
- Kathlene Oetter, DMDBethel, AK1568207421
- Roseann Dameron, DDSFairbanks, AK1770847642
- Christopher Clark, DDSBarrow, AK1427433119
- Joseph Sem, DDSNome, AK1255837720
- Lucia Nascimento, DDSJuneau, AK1437233277
- Marc Desjarlais, DDSJuneau, AK1194018747
- Deborah Lee, DDSJuneau, AK1992327886
- Charles Hazen, DDSHaines, AK1992877385
- Raymond Reeves, DMDHaines, AK1437542594
- Calvin Rhoads, DMDHaines, AK1518587484
- Arlene Lester, DDS, MPH, FACDBirmingham, AL1720634769
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
How should I read Public Health Dentistry's mid-pack national roster?
1,071 CMS-registered Public Health Dentistry providers sit across 54 states; California leads with 102. Leading metros: Boston, MA; Austin, TX; Chicago, IL; San Antonio, TX. Rank 261st of 688 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Public Health Dentistry show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 195 Public Health Dentistry physicians receiving $38K across 535 payments (average $197; 364th of 470 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Public Health Dentistry NPIs, 375 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 72 claims and $377 drug cost per prescriber; 381st of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.